Culturally Diverse Gifted Students – a brief overview of multicultural education context in Macedonia

Bujar, Adili (2020) Culturally Diverse Gifted Students – a brief overview of multicultural education context in Macedonia. Conference proceedings: Gifted and talented creators of the progress (2). pp. 325-336. ISSN 376.54(063) 159.928.22:37.015(063)

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Abstract

The culturally diverse gifted students’ stories, artwork, music, religious practices, and
customs are often not reflected in the curriculum. Many concepts of excellence in different
cultures are incompatible with our understanding of giftedness. In many cases, culturally
diverse gifted are prejudiced. To reduce prejudice, we should be prepared to respect and
acknowledge cultural and ethnic heritage, deepen cultural experiences, challenge cultural
stereotypes and include cultural positives into curriculum. Teachers need interaction and
knowledge about diverse students as they transform the curriculum to reflect multiple
perspectives, ethnic preferences and learning styles. They have to develop their own
intercultural competencies to face the needs of the diverse gifted students. This paper
addressed culturally diverse gifted students who have not had a fair chance to succeed. The
main purpose was to determine if culturally diverse gifted students have a fair chance of
high achievement by Macedonian education legislation and curriculum. Research questions
explored two issues on the problem of educating culturally diverse gifted students: Are
teachers trained for working with these students? What are the barriers to the participation of
culturally diverse gifted students in programs for gifted learners? The research was based on
consensual qualitative research (CQR) paradigm which uses medium-length, semi-structured
interviews. The results showed that there are no programs or practices that equate the
chances of culturaly diverse gifted students for achievements and lack of teacher training in
the field od gifted and multicultural education

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Educational sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Educational Science
Depositing User:	Sonja Petrovska
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2022 07:17
Last Modified:	03 Jun 2022 07:17
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/29784

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